Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri ranks 137th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wrocław, Sofia, and Newark, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Kansas City, Missouri include Ed Asner, Dianne Wiest, and Chris Cooper. Memorable people who died in Kansas City, Missouri include Harry S. Truman, Jim Bridger, and Frank Waller. Kansas City, Missouri has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many musicians, and painters. Kansas City, Missouri is located in United States.
Kansas City, Missouri, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. It is located on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River, within Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass counties. It is the 38th-most populous city in the United States and sixth-most populous city in the Midwest with a population of 508,090 at the 2020 census, while the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line, is the 31st-most populous metropolitan area in the nation at 2.25 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1884 and 2001, Kansas City, Missouri was the birth place of 86 globally memorable people, including Ed Asner, Dianne Wiest, and Chris Cooper. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Kansas City, Missouri including Harry S. Truman, Jim Bridger, and Frank Waller.
People Born in Kansas City, Missouri
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Ed Asner
ACTOR
1929 - 2021
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 18
Dianne Wiest
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 64
Chris Cooper
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 68
Robert Altman
FILM DIRECTOR
1925 - 2006
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 42
Jean Harlow
ACTOR
1911 - 1937
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 47
Burt Bacharach
MUSICIAN
1928 - 2023
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 20
Dorothy Vaughan
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1910 - 2008
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 21
Stephen McKinley Henderson
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 11
Michael Massee
ACTOR
1952 - 2016
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 40
Bob Orton Jr.
WRESTLER
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 86
Ub Iwerks
FILM DIRECTOR
1901 - 1971
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 31
Michael Rosbash
BIOLOGIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 61
Newly Added People Born in Kansas City, Missouri
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People Deceased in Kansas City, Missouri
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Harry S. Truman
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1972
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 9
Jim Bridger
EXPLORER
1804 - 1881
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 10
Frank Waller
ATHLETE
1884 - 1941
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 8
Fats Waller
MUSICIAN
1904 - 1943
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 2
Thomas Hart Benton
PAINTER
1889 - 1975
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 4
Satchel Paige
BASEBALL PLAYER
1906 - 1982
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 5
George Caleb Bingham
PAINTER
1811 - 1879
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 6
Patricia Ellis
ACTOR
1915 - 1970
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 3
Sam Lacey
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1948 - 2014
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 1
Mac Dre
MUSICIAN
1970 - 2004
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 7
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kansas City, Missouri were actors (34), writers (8), musicians (6), athletes (6), and film directors (4), while most who died were musicians (2), painters (2), politicians (1), explorers (1), and athletes (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kansas City, Missouri, including Ed Asner, Dianne Wiest, and Chris Cooper. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kansas City, Missouri, including Ed Asner, Dianne Wiest, and Chris Cooper.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Kansas City, Missouri since 1700.
